[Python-Dev] list.discard? (Re: dict.discard) (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Sep 22 02:21:01 CEST 2006


Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:

>>> print set.discard.doc Remove an element from a set if it is a member.

Actually I'd like this for lists. Often I find myself writing

if x not in somelist: somelist.remove(x)

A single method for doing this would be handy, and more efficient.

-- Greg



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